noun:

• gird oneself up - four character idiom

noun:

• stride - IT term

noun / ~の noun:

• very resourcefully using tactics adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear; acting according to circumstances - four character idiom

noun:

• cylindrical candy made so that Kintaro's face appears wherever it is sliced ➜ 金太郎・金太郎

adjectival noun:

• inflexibly uniform; all the same; stamped out like cookies

noun / ~する noun:

• fear; misgivings ➜ 危惧

noun:

• tenth of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun:

• basic skin-care products

noun:

• section of the Nakasendo ➜ 中山道【なかせんどう】

~の noun:

• freshly cut
• freshly tailored

noun:

• tree cut to specified length, especially for corners of a kemari court ➜ 蹴鞠【けまり】

~の noun:

• business-to-business; inter-business; inter-enterprise; B2B

expression / adjective:

• timid; faint-hearted; wimpish ➜ 気が小さい

noun:

• working youth

noun / ~する noun:

• combined (concerted) efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with) - four character idiom

noun:

• false report

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make the smart move (after taking in the situation, etc.) ➜ 気を利かせる
• to do the tactful or helpful thing (after considering someone's feelings) ➜ 気を利かせる

noun:

• corporate crime

noun:

• skilled engineer (mechanic) who is clumsy in all other matters; person who gets a great kick out of tinkering with anything mechanical - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• take up farming again

noun:

• basic vocabulary item

expression / noun:

• petrol cap ➜ 給油口

noun:

• way of wearing; way one wears a garment

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to handle a tool; to work a machine

noun:

• study of natural laws
• branch of neo-Confusianist scholarship

noun:

• local doctor

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to break the prohibition (law); to violate the ban